Philosophers and Kings: Education for Leadership in Modern England

ISBN-13: 9780521391757 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 176 str.

Gary McCulloch

Opis

Philosophers and Kings examines how the theme of "education for leadership" has developed, changed and declined in English secondary education during the twentieth century. Gary McCulloch examines the contributions of significant educators such as Cyril Norwood, Victor Gollancz and Eric James, and shows how an inherently "elitist" notion could in fact be adapted to form an important part of radical and even socialist educational thought, and share in the discrediting such notions have suffered during the 1980s. In so doing Philosophers and Kings makes an important contribution not only to the educational history of contemporary England, but to our understanding of the manifold cultural changes that have affected English society in the recent past.

Recenzje

"[McCulloch's] essay is a provocative contribution to the history of secondary education and to debates that are far from finished." Albion

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. An English tradition; 3. The end of the old school tie?; 4. The ideology of Sir Cyril Norwood; 5. The rise and fall of the meritocracy; 6. The technocrats; 7. Tribune; 8. Our modern guardians; Notes; Bibliography; Index.